Keep Calm and Carry On

Each week, Vanity Fair’s fashion editors pick the best from what’s in stores, from high to low. Today, Fashion Market Director Michael Carl shares his picks. Follow Michael on Twitter at @carlscrush.

With airlines charging more and more for checking in bags, carry-ons are now more important than ever. But finding a chic yet masculine one seems to be impossible—I only know this because I happen to travel quite a bit and am often in complete awe of the sacks that guys try to pass off as carry-on bags. It’s bad enough that an embarrassingly large portion of the population thinks basketball bags and flip-flops are appropriate plane attire (I don’t care if you’re traveling to D.C. for work or Jamaica for vacation, you are presumably not traveling to a clown convention—real clowns, you get a pass.) So please do us all a favor and at least get the bag part right and pretend that you’re a grown-up for the duration of the trip.

GARMENT BAG

If you’re planning just a day-trip and a garment bag is all you need, then this WANT navy garment bag is more than ideal. It’s the right size for a suit, shirt, and tie—it even has room for a pair of shoes. It folds up nicely without wrinkling anything and fits easily into an overhead compartment. With no bells and whistles, it’s the perfect piece for the discerning businessman. (Yeah, I just wrote “discerning,” and yeah, I’ve read too many press releases).